VOCABULARY TEST 3 

1. The criticism he made concerning the annual fiscal report was _____ to the point.
A) remarkably
B) immediately
C) incessantly
D) preferably
E) incompetently

2. We will repeat the experiment twice in order to _____ the results.
A) vanish
B) spill
C) verify
D) sneak
E) pinch

3. Diplomatic relations between the two countries, which were _____ during the war, have not yet been restored.
A) defeated
B) established
C) severed
D) determined
E) featured

4. People who are constantly in the public eye must learn to remain _____ in the face of criticism.
A) composed
B) resultant
C) appreciated
D) outrageous
E) restored

5. They raised no _____ to his prolonged leave of absence since they didn't want to lose him altogether.
A) refutation
B) refusal
C) objection
D) refund
E) compulsion

6. As the conditions of the expedition are likely to be severe, you had better take necessary _____.
A) trials
B) precautions
C) efforts
D) objections
E) attempts

7. It was felt that the EU had _____ on a programme of economic change that the member states could not sustain.
A) surpassed
B) relieved
C) embarked
D) specified
E) retired

8. To be a leader, it is not enough to be hardworking and knowledgeable; one must also be able to inspire _____.
A) denial
B) restraint
C) discretion
D) confidence
E) reservation

9. The two major political parties in Britain are currently _____ to extreme and radically different approaches to the solution of Britain's economic problems.
A) referred
B) obsessed
C) committed
D) implied
E) meant

10. I have looked through the report, but I must admit, only _____ .
A) carefully
B) thoroughly
C) superficially
D) seriously
E) experimentally

11. The rise in energy _____ has led to a reduction in the amount of fossil fuels that the world must use.
A) redundancy
B) efficiency
C) consumption
D) suitability
E) conformity

12. I believe that leaders must make an effort to stay open-minded and try to _____ another person's point of view.
A) deplore
B) recover
C) forecast
D) insist
E) appreciate

13. We must find some way to give them a fairly complete and realistic picture of the situation, but without _____ them too much.
A) depressing
B) intimidating
C) restricting
D) complementing
E) embittering

14. Any child left to its own devices for too long is likely to _____ on some dangerous enterprise.
A) assert
B) entice
C) embark
D) reproach
E) reduce

15. Foot and mouth disease, also called aftosa, is a highly contagious viral disease affecting     _____ all cloven footed mammals, including cattle, sheep, goats, and swine.
A) practically
B) haphazardly
C) secretly
D) hardly
E) swiftly

16. Industry as a whole was badly affected by the restrictions, but it was the high technology sector that suffered most _____ .
A) blatantly
B) randomly
C) reasonably
D) tightly
E) acutely

17. The stars visible at night are _____ distant, which is why they appear only as tiny points of light.
A) commonly
B) eventually
C) immensely
D) intensively
E) specially

18. Her parents spend their summers in the south, but their _____ residence, a luxury apartment, is in Istanbul.
A) favourable
B) traditional
C) previous
D) permanent
E) ordinary

19. One defect seems inherent in a purely classical education –namely, a too _____ emphasis on the past.
A) recurrent
B) repressive
C) coherent
D) exclusive
E) deceptive

20. The Kodak Company now faces stiff _____ both from abroad and from rival firms at home.
A) renovation
B) competition
C) investment
D) commerce
E) recession

21. Many people think of the United States as a young country, yet it has the oldest written _____ among the major nations of the world.
A) involvement
B) concession
C) proposition
D) treaty
E) constitution

22. A few people enjoyed the exhibition, but the majority were clearly _____.
A) restrained
B) admirable
C) impartial
D) disappointed
E) relieved

23. Thanks to various advances in modern medicine, certain diseases that were seemingly incurable now _____ treatment.
A) consist of
B) yield to
C) interfere with
D) stem from
E) result from

24. Although the partners seem to be in full agreement on matters of management, there is actually a _____ difference of opinion among them.
A) smooth
B) abundant
C) flexible
D) vast
E) relentless

25. Admittedly, the engineer's report was relatively unimaginative, but it was, on the whole, _____.
A) accurate
B) irrelevant
C) vacant
D) deceptive
E) wealthy